Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. I'm not that creative.

Whenever I have the chance to hold her in my arms, the arms that cause pain to many I have loved, the hands that rub her back, which are the same that cause depression for the ones I love, I feel new. She must have an effect on men or women, to be able to do this to someone. My heart feels stronger, my soul feels revitalized, and my love feels wonderful.

The trouble with love is you don't know if it's playing tricks on you or not.

One minute, my heart feels like it can fly away, that it is free from his chains and love's grasp. The next minute, it feels weighed down, crying silently in a dark room with no way out. I don't know what to expect from her. All I really want is her presence, but she may place something out, something I don't need. If I don't need it, who does? Maybe, the problem with my love is that I give nothing and expect everything.

Maybe my love is worth nothing and her's is worth everything.

We would exchange our love. She wants nothing, in her own mind, and I need everything, in my own mind. My heart yearns for things it needs and my soul yearns for what my heart does not want. What I want is her, something I may never get because of my selfishness. Will someone take her away from me? Steal her heart away from me right before my eyes? While I hold her, do they break us away from each other?

I will not allow anyone to get in-between us.

It is time for the dragon to stand up for something it wants, for what it needs. It has never asked for anything else. It always obliges for what others want, whether it is absurd or just plain simple. Yet no one gives the dragon the things it needs. They battle for the prize, hoisted high in the air, as God beside him watches in amusement. The dragon knows it is not stupid enough to fight for something it needs. No one offers to the dragon to just take her.

She watches on, secretly watching the one she needs. The dragon looks up to her, watching her worry about the fights. I sneak away, and hold out my hand. She smiles, and I feel her hand hold onto mine. The fighting stops.

My dream has finally been realized.

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'Don't reject me,' was the only thought running through Hatori's mind; everything else was lost. He didn't care what she was doing, didn't care what he looked like. All he cared about was her, what she thought about him, and what she felt for him. He could feel the sun's rays heat his back up, but it didn't matter. He felt the warmth of her lips for the second time, not counting the mishap from his desk, and he felt he was finally doing something right. But, did she think this? Was she okay with all of this? He felt his heart stop pounding, and the repeated thought stopped.

Tohru, on the other hand, had her eyes wide with surprise. 'Hatori…' Her hands slid down to her sides; she felt more pressure put onto her lips. She didn't care what she looked like, what he looked like, or what was going on in the house. All she cared about was him. Her hands gripped part of her lace on the dress, part of the shingle on the roof. Her eyes started to droop, but she felt him lift his lips off. She opened her eyes again, and saw him sad. She sat up, and he moved away from her.

"Tohru, I-I…" He couldn't face her. He took his arm around her away, and stood up. He looked down at her, with regret filling his eyes, and turned to walk away.

"Hatori!" She whispered. Tohru reached out her arm to grab his coat, but she was too far away. He stopped to look down the ladder, and whispered,

"I'm sorry." With that, he disappeared back into the house, back into the shadows. She let her arm drop onto the roof, and looked down at the shingles. Her eyes watered, her hands formed into a fist. 'If only…' She spotted something sparkle on her neck. 'The locket!' She leaned back, her right hand coming to the locket. She felt the cold, metal locket rest in her hand. She brought her other hand up, and went behind her neck. Disconnecting the chain, the locket fell into her lap. She stared at it, only for a brief moment, and picked it up. She looked to the side for the opening, and placed her thumbnail in the slit.

The locket popped open, and her eyes widened.

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Hatori climbed down the ladder, his eyes closed. He did not want to cry. If he did, what a disgrace to his family that would be. At other times, with her around, he seemed it was okay to let the tears fall. But not now. He set his last foot down on the floor, and sighed. 'I'm so afraid right now…' His hands let go of the sides of the ladder and he turned around. "I'm a fool," Hatori whispered aloud. He heard footsteps come closer to him, and he opened his eyes. It was just a servant.

He looked down to the floor and took his first step. He could practically hear his own heart break in two, while her's remained intact. He took his second step; then his third. Then he started to run. Where? He didn't know. 'I have to hide.' He looked down each hallway, and found no luck to find an empty room. He stopped. He found one room that was mysteriously empty, a room that no one dared to go in, a room where the hearts of men were afraid and the souls of women were talked down.

Akito's room.

The same room him and Tohru were summoned to the first night she was there…

"Master Akito wishes to see both you and Hatori. Come with us."

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They flew the door open, and both of them looked into the dim room. No light resonated in the room, the sun just glimmering off of Akito, and all you saw from him was the malicious smile.

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"What makes you think you can betray me, you monsters?" Hatori looked at Tohru, tears in her eyes, and stood before Akito.

He looked inside, and wondered whether to go in or not. 'Is it right…?' He looked behind to see no one coming. He took his first step in with caution, and then ran right inside. He closed the door behind him and looked around. It was a very empty room. Except there was a tree on the ledge, with candy canes hanging from the branches and an angel glowing from the shadows. He looked to his right and saw the window wide open, birds drinking the water left out.

He fell to the floor on his knees, and placed his hands in front of his knees. "I'm a fool," he kept repeating. Why did he run? Why couldn't he face her when she didn't even respond? He heard her call for his name, urging him to come back and speak, but he had no more will to do anything. He was getting weaker without her. He wanted to run back so much, climb up that ladder and see her sitting there, heartbroken that he left and think that everything was going to be alright. But, in his mind, they weren't. He heard the door open, and, to his surprise, found himself staring into yellow and gray eyes.

"Why are you here?" Shigure said while crossing his arms.

"You're not a fool." Ayame said with a smile.

0o0o0o0o0o

It was two pictures, one on each side, and a message engraved on the sides of each heart. In actuality, it was one picture, just both their heads cut out from the picnic they had with Shigure and the rest. He was looking down at her, smiling, and she was looking up to him, smiling. Both their eyes open, staring longingly to one another, love filled in their eyes.

"Let's take a picture, you two!" Shigure held up a camera in front of their faces. "But! Let's start with you two!" He pointed to Hatori and Tohru. Tohru looked up at him, smiling with the smile in the picture.

"What should we do as a picture, Hatori?" Hatori looked down and smiled the same smile in the picture.

"It doesn't matter." Their smiles stayed that way for a few seconds before seeing a flash go between their eyes. They both looked over at Shigure, who was grinning like an idiot, and laughed.

"That's a good picture!"

She brushed the engraved markings with her thumbs, and felt one tear fall from each of her eyes. One side said, "For you," up at the curves of the right heart. On the left heart, up at the curves, said, "my love." 'For you, my love…' She felt her soul tug immensely towards Hatori, her heart pound furiously against her ribs. She was in pain, for the first time since she felt in love. She closed the locket, and faintly saw something on the back of the locket. 'What's this?' She never even saw this, not even when she first got the locket! 'I must've just put it on so fast I didn't stare at this beauty.

Her thumbs ran over the message, and felt her lips quiver. 'You stole my heart, Tohru' was what it said. 'All this time, I practically knew. Hatori, why didn't you tell me sooner?' More tears fell from her eyes, She took the chain of the locket and wrapped it around her neck. Once it was connected, the heart fell down, sliding on her chest, on top of her heart. She placed her hands up to the locket, and closed her eyes. Tears sprang from her eyes, and she bit her bottom lip. 'Should I…' She didn't care. At that moment, she opened her eyes, placed her hands on the roof behind her, and abruptly stood up. She looked at the ladder, and ran.

She ran for love.

0o0o0o0o0o

Ayame and Shigure walked into the room, while Shigure closed the door, and sat down next to him. Hatori straightened up, looking at both of them while they stared at him. "What do you want?" Hatori asked. Ayame and Shigure looked at one another, and looked back at Hatori.

"Why are you here?" Hatori bowed his head in shame, and brought his hands up towards his face. He began to shake, tremble with fear.

"Because I belong here." He whispered. Ayame and Shigure looked at one another, and Hatori continued on. "I'm a fool, you know that? I ran away from her, right after I kissed her. I couldn't hold her, couldn't do anything at all. Why? Because I'm afraid of what she'll say. Because my fear took over my whole body, and there was nothing I could do.

"All this time, I was looking forward to this day, after Christmas, after every holiday imaginable." He clenched his hands into fists. "Now, look at me. I'm a coward!" He raised his voice, slightly, and Shigure and Ayame jumped. His hands and arms were dropped to his sides, and he looked up. "Do you know how it feels to kiss the angel you want to be with your whole life? I was afraid that I was tainting her, and that she was going to fall in love with a worthless soul like me. I didn't want that for her.

"What I wanted for her, was happiness. I brought that to her, but I don't recall her ever being happy with me. All those times, every time in fact, that I've been with her, she ends up crying into my chest, longing to be held and to smile once again. I told that to her, 'Smile for me' and she did. But, was she happy? I don't know. I just don't know anymore." A couple tears sprang from his eyes, and Ayame stared, while Shigure crossed his arms again.

"You know, you could tell her that yourself." Shigure said. Ayame looked over at him, and Hatori looked up.

"You see? That's the problem. I tried. Before I kissed her, I thought of every humanly possible way to tell her everything that led me to this conclusion. But, once I did kiss her, even before that, I felt her push away, I felt her eyes widen by my actions, and never felt her back. It's like I've loved her for no reason at all." Ayame stood up and looked down at Hatori.

"Hatori, this is not the type of person you are!" Hatori looked up into his eyes. "Look at you! You were the same when Kana left you! This time, you truly do have an angel beside you, and you're afraid of what's to come! Has she told you that she'll reject you? Has she ever said 'I hate you' to you?" Ayame pointed a finger down at him. "Right now, Hatori, you're afraid because you don't know what'll happen, and that's not right! She does love you! I know it!" Ayame snatched his finger back towards his chest, and Hatori stood up.

He was about to yell at Ayame for being rude and dishonest, but looking back… 'She never did tell me she hated me. She always was by my side.' His eyes widened. He began to walk towards the window by the tree. He glanced down at the angel sitting prettily on the tree, smiling up at him with her dress flowing with the wind. He looked up and sighed a heavy sigh.

He made a mistake.

0o0o0o0o0o

Tohru took her first step onto the floor and held onto the ladder. 'Hatori…' She opened her eyes and saw a servant looking at her through the steps, and smiled. "Are you lost?" The servant asked. She shook her head, and wiped her eyes from the tears.

"Have you seen Hatori?" The servant nodded her head, and pointed down the hallway.

"He ran that way, madam." She bowed in honor, and walked away with bowls in her hands. Tohru stared while the girl walked away from her, and let go of the sides of the ladder. She placed one of her hands on one of the steps and sighed. She closed her eyes again, and whipped her head around. Opening her eyes, she felt the hallway get longer. She couldn't see straight, but pushed herself off the ladder and ran down the hallway, looking through every single room open.

She saw no one. She spoke to no one. At every corner, she peeked around to make sure he wasn't there, and ran on. A couple times, she had to stop to catch her breath, ask a servant if they saw him, and they'd say no to her each time. Tears continued to fall, while she pushed on, hopefully finding him in one of the rooms that came at fast speeds while she ran.

Then, she heard his voice after she passed Akito's room. "You see? That's the problem. I tried. Before I kissed her, I thought of every humanly possible way to tell her everything that led me to this conclusion. But, once I did kiss her, even before that, I felt her push away, I felt her eyes widen by my actions, and never felt her back. It's like I've loved her for no reason at all." She stopped abruptly, and stared down at the floor. She heard Ayame's voice boom through the walls, and then silence came. She felt like eavesdropping again…

"You know, Hatori," Tohru heard Shigure's serious tone. "Is there going to be a time when you'll tell her your feelings? I mean, it's almost the end of the year, and yet you have made no move to tell her."

'Was that what he was thinking about when that happened up there? Am I that kind of person to reject someone without realizing it? I didn't mean to. You didn't love without a reason, Hatori. I did. All this time, I thought I was in love without you to love me. My reason to love you? I don't even know. It just … It just came when I wasn't looking. And, you know, Hatori? I don't regret falling in love with you.'

She turned around and stared at the door. She took her first step, then her second. Soon enough, she was at the door. She reached out to the handle when someone's hand grabbed her wrist before she could even touch it. She whipped her head up and widened her eyes.

"Akito…"

0o0o0o0o0o

"Maybe you're right." Hatori whispered. Ayame looked on with regret yelling at Hatori while Shigure turned around, watching him contemplate.

"Does this mean you'll tell her the truth on how you feel?" Shigure asked. Hatori looked up at the red-orange sky and frowned. 'What if I don't? What would happen if I never told her, and things would go back to normal with silence running through our home? Would that be okay for her, to put everything behind that just happened moments ago?

'Ayame was right. Every time I suggested something to her… She would always say yes.' He closed his eyes and remembered everything he told her to smile.

"Smile. For me."

"You are safe."

"Never call her a monster. Ever."

"Stay with me."

"Please don't leave."

"I want you to come with me."

"Let's go."

"You look beautiful in it."

"You can stay by me."

"Don't be afraid."

"I love you."

He opened his eyes again and saw the morning birds fly over the house, dip down for water and food left out by Akito, and frowned. 'I made her smile all those times, trying to make her love me. But… But what if that wasn't enough?' He felt his hair blow with the calm wind from outside, and turned his head.

"I don't know."

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"Shh." Akito placed his finger on her mouth, and looked at the door. He knew. He knew all along that Hatori loved her, and she loved him. She didn't realize that he loved her, and he didn't realize that she loved him. It was an honest mistake. "We must listen as the story unfolds." Tohru watched his eyes flash over to the door and smiled. "This is the part where the hero is confused about his princess, and the princess is desperately trying to find him. Little does he know, he has her heart right in his hands, and doesn't know anything about her feelings at all." His eyes flashed back to her, and she jumped. "In the end, the princess steals a kiss from the hero, and they live happily ever after."

"Akito--" He pushed his finger on her mouth a little harder, and strayed his gaze back to the door.

"When Hatori stood up for you, when I was calling you absurd and pathetic names, what was going on through your mind?" Akito asked.

"I… I was thinking about the safety of Hatori." Her gaze strayed to the door.

"Was he acting like a hero?" She nodded. "Were you the princess he was trying to save?" She blinked, and stared over at Akito. His gaze was now on her.

"No." She replied. "I'm not a princess. Akito, I'm in love, I know it." She whispered. "But, I know he feels differently about me. He still loves Kana, and I respect that. The love he feels for me… I don't know how to describe it! My heart, it aches so much, and Akito!" She let out a hurtful cry. "I love him so much!" She knelt down to the floor, and felt Akito still hold onto her. She brought her left hand to her mouth to keep it all in, but heard Akito whisper.

"Let it all out, princess." She closed her eyes, and felt the tears roll down her face one after another. Akito knelt down in front of her, and let go of his grip on her wrist. "Thus the princess realizes her feelings for the hero, and goes after him." He whispered. "Tohru, you never realized what you had in front of you. All the times he told you to be okay, all the times he's protected you, all the times he's been there with you, never letting go, you failed to realize that, in the end, it was all for love.

"Tohru, what do you want the most right now? Him? Then go to him. Run to him when that door opens, into his arms, scream at him for running away from you. Then know that the argument will melt away and you'll realize that you're in his arms, held by the hero himself, while you are deemed his princess. Tohru," She opened her eyes. "Don't be afraid." He stood up, and turned his back to her, walking away. Tohru stared out in front of her, watching him take one step after another.

"Akito." She whispered. He stopped and looked back. She closed her eyes, and smiled. "Thank you." He nodded, and walked away, disappearing into the lost hallways of the house. 'Tohru, I wish you the fairest love of all.' Tohru looked down at the ground and wiped the tears away. The smile still plastered on her face, she was about to stand up, but heard the door slide open. She looked up and was met with a pair of yellow and gray eyes.

"Tohru."

0o0o0o0o0o

Those three words echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls while the stares of the two men began to burn on his back. "You don't know," Hatori looked behind, and saw Shigure standing up. "Or you just don't want to know?" He leaned back on the wall, and stared right at Hatori. Ayame looked at Shigure, and he continued.

"Hatori, I've known you all my life. We know you like the back of our hands. You are the serious one of all of us, keeping us in check. Whether we fool around, making ourselves look foolish, or are in dire need of emotional help, you are there to pick us up and tell us everything will be alright, that everything will turn out just fine.

"Now look at you. Remember Kana? I'm sure you do. Remember everything you did, just for her? How everything you did made her smile, because you wanted to see her smile? Then, she left. For a year, you never came out of your shell. You were stuck in a rut; every night, you cried, hoping she would come back and things would work." Shigure closed his eyes and sighed.

"Ha'ri?" Shigure walked into Hatori's room, no lights on. It was the night Kana left. His hands were shaking, papers flown everywhere, and her picture right in front of him. Tears flowing down his cheeks, he never looked at Shigure.

"It's all my fault, Shigure. These hands," He held them up. "They'll never love again. Look what I did. She didn't deserve anything from Akito, did she? I should be the one to blame! I should be the one out there, lost!" Shigure closed the door from his home while he stood there, hearing the painful cries of Hatori, his best friend.

Shigure opened his eyes, and continued. "Then came Mayu. You took her into your life because you wanted to forget anything about Kana. You thought that everything would be normal, that you could move on. But, you went to Yuki's school to do a check-up, and you met up with Tohru. At that moment, you fell in love.

"Now you screwed up. You told her everything that was in your heart, you told her your love to her, and look what you did. All those months together, all the interruptions, everything that has happened to you, and you run? Look at you!" Shigure hissed. He leaned off the wall and took a few steps towards Hatori. "You shouldn't be like this! You know better!" His voice began to get louder. "How dare you hurt that angel, the one called…!" He stopped. He heard something from outside, a familiar voice screaming to be heard.

"I love him so much!"

"Tohru." He ended his sentence. Shigure turned his head towards the door. "No more running, Hatori. You can't hide from her forever, you can't do this to her forever." Ayame looked over at Hatori, who's eyes were cast down, wide in fear.

"Hatori, don't worry. She would never bring pain to any one of us, including you." Ayame whispered. "Shigure." Shigure nodded, and turned his head to Hatori.

"Hatori," Hatori didn't move. "Love her forever." Shigure walked over to the door, and Ayame followed. Hatori heard the door open, and heard the cries from Tohru.

"Tohru." They all whispered. Hatori's eyes strayed to the door, seeing Shigure step outside and Ayame closed the door. He was all alone.

He was found.

0o0o0o0o0o

"Tohru, don't cry." Shigure said. He took one tear from her eyes and she bowed her head.

"I'm sorry to make you worried!" She smiled, and Ayame rubbed the top of her head. Shigure chuckled.

"We aren't worried. Just go and tell him everything. Please." She looked up to both of them and saw each one smiling. They cared about Hatori. She nodded a small nod, and Ayame took his hand off her head.

"Tohru, we must leave you. Enter whenever you want to. He's waiting." Her eyes gazed down to the floor, and heard Ayame and Shigure leave her. She looked back up, and saw no one there. She was all alone. She swallowed. 'Is this it?' She looked over at the door, and hesitated to reach out. Her hand touched the handle, the cold handle making her shiver, and gripped it. She maneuvered to stand in front of the door, and blinked. 'It's time, Tohru. You can do it.' She pushed the door open, and let out a huge breath of air.

There he was, sitting on the ledge of the window, staring up into the sky while the trees blew with the wind. Snow creeped inside, making the room look like it was part of the clouds. He turned his head over to her, and she closed the door. He abruptly stood up, and stared at each other. They stared in silence, not knowing what to say to one another. Tohru's eyes widened with surprise, while Hatori's widened with fear.

Neither one of them moved, except Tohru, who's arms slid down to her sides after she closed the door. Neither one of them took any steps towards one another, feeling the cold wind go right through them. Their minds filled with thoughts, wondering which was the one to say and which one was wrong to say at any time. Finally, Hatori spoke.

"Tohru," She jumped. He took one step towards her. "I'm… I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to run, I didn't mean to… to kiss you like that." She looked down. "I…" He looked down at his hands. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I want you to be happy, to smile every day, and if that's with someone else, then that's fine. I… I don't want to see you cry. Tohru, I love you too much to see you cry because of what I did. But, I was afraid. I…" Tohru took a step towards him.

"Hatori." She whispered. He continued.

"I couldn't stand to see you cry because of my foolishness. It was wrong of me to run away, to make you become overwhelmed by my feelings for you." She took her second step towards him, and started to walk. He didn't notice. "Tohru, in my mind, you are my princess. And… and I feel like I didn't protect you enough, that you… that you didn't live happily. Tohru," He looked up and saw her five feet in front of him. He jumped. "I'm sorry."

"Don't." She said. Her eyes were aimed down to the floor, her head bowed before him. He stared down at her, not knowing what to do, not knowing what to say. "Hatori, you don't have to say sorry. You did…" She looked up with a smile. "You did nothing wrong.

"When you ran away, I looked in the locket." His eyes trailed down to her neck, where the locket glimmered from the sun's rays. "All this time, I didn't believe you were in love with me. I thought I was being the selfish one and… and believing I was alone with my feelings. When I looked inside, I knew I had to run. I knew I had to come and find you. Hatori, if you would've told me sooner, about your feelings…" Her hand grabbed the locket on her neck. "Everything would've been just fine.

"When you kissed me, I didn't know what to do." She took a few steps towards him, almost touching him. "I didn't know if I kissed back… if it would make any difference. At first, I thought… I thought you didn't love me, when I was sitting out there. I thought you still loved Kana, that she still resides in your heart, but, Hatori, hearing everyone talk to me while you were in here, it made me realize." She took another step, almost against his chest. "That you do love me, that you do care. And, Hatori," She looked up into his eyes, love staring into his soul. "I love you too."

Hatori's eyes widened as he felt her two arms wrap around him. She buried her head into his chest as he slowly closed his eyes, wrapping his arms around her. 'This has to be a dream,' he thought. Their hearts pounded against one another. Tohru heard his pound against his chest, while Hatori felt her heart pound against his chest. Hatori whispered, "Tohru" while tightening his embrace around her. She gripped his top with her hands, and held on.

She turned her head up towards his, and he opened his eyes. Tohru blinked slowly, a smile on her face, and quickly glanced down at his lips. She blinked again, and inched her way up towards him, standing on her toes. He blinked, and inched down to her. They both stopped, barely touching each other's lips, and Hatori laughed. She chuckled, and slid her arms away from him and onto his chest, with both hands on his shoulders.

"Tohru?" She felt his warm breath tickle her face.

"Hmm?"

"Is this a dream?" She giggled, and shook her head.

"I don't think so."

"Good." He lowered his lips on her's. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and closed her eyes. There they stood, with the sun beating down on Hatori's back and snow billowing around Tohru's feet, lips locked. Hatori tightened his embrace on her, and held on with all his strength, entering her mouth and passionately kissing her. His hands grabbed a piece of lace hanging from the dress while her hands held onto the cloth on his shoulders.

Behind Tohru, the door slid open while two eyes, a gray and yellow one, peeked in. Shigure whispered, "Start planning," and closed the door. The couple parted and looked behind. They both blinked.

"Did you hear something?" Hatori asked.

"I thought I did. Maybe it was the wind!" Tohru laughed. Hatori chuckled, and spun her around to face the sun.

"Remember, we were going to watch the sunrise." Even though the sun was well over the horizon, Tohru spun around towards the sky and leaned back into Hatori's arms. "What did you wish for, Tohru?" She giggled, and felt Hatori place his arms on top of her shoulders, and Tohru held on to each hand.

"I wished for you." Hatori kissed the top of her head, and she closed her eyes.

"Good." Hatori rested his head on her head, and she smiled. "I love you," they both whispered to one another. For the rest of the day, neither one left each other's arms, neither one left each other's sides. For the rest of the day, love was in the air around them. At night, they fell asleep, sleeping in one another's arms while the moon glowed through the window.

Their love lingered around them that day and both wishes came true.

8( Oh. It's the end!

Ahh! I did such a horrible job on the ending too! DX I made it so suspenseful during the story, and when I finally wrote the ending, I made it horrible! I'm so sorry! 8(

Though, I'm sad that the story actually ended! Well, technically, I still need to write the epilogue and that, but still! It's sad to end a story that I loved to write about! Oh yeah, sorry that they're a bit OOC in this chapter. That's what love does to you, I guess.

Oh! I may get the epilogue up by next week, but it might be a while because I have two papers that are due in October, and I might have to postpone some stuff before it gets complete. Don't kill me for this, but school is my number one priority, and I need to pass the class to actually fair well. Sorry!

Response to Chapter 12 Reviews:

Yuki's-lil-sis: 8D No one can resist any fluff! OMGSH! I thought that too! I was like, "Hmm. Should they have a daughter?" and then you suggested it! 8D Who knows, there may be a daughter or son ;D Thanks for the review!
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CultKagomeandSesshomaru: XDD I laughed when I saw your review! I'm so glad it was good enough for you! 8D XD I'm glad I rock...? XP I guess that's a good thing! And I will consider it! (A lot of people want an AkitoxTohru!) Thanks for the review / suggestion!
cm1000: 8D Yay! I'm so glad you loved it! I know! I love to write about parties, and Shigure being drunk just happened to cross my mind! It's so like him! And Momiji is so cute that he can do that XD 8D I'm glad you love the ending! (I love the ending too) I hope this ending is good enough for you too X3 Thanks for the review!
BlobBl0b: I saw your story up! (I was like, "I know this guy..." XD) When I get time, I'll write a review, okay?! (Because I love your story!) 8D I'm glad you think that was sweet! I tried to make it sweet, but sometimes it doesn't work. XD Who knows! If you get the one line Shigure spoke, you might be on to something and might be right! Thanks for the review!
I wish I knew a name 8( 8D I'm happy that my story is sweet and I'm glad you liked the ending! It made me happy! Thanks for the review!
loretta537: 8D I'm glad it's good! I hope this chapter was good too X3 Thanks for the review and the reminder of suggestions!
Ayjah: 8D I'm so happy that it's a wonderful story! X3 You know, no one thinks about this pairing, probably because of the age difference and that. But, you gotta love them! Thanks for the review!
chanelrocks612: Yay! 8D I'm glad it was awesome! I tried to make it that way! I hope this chapter is good enough for you X3 Thanks for the review, and I hope the update was fast enough! XD

Thank you so much for all the reviews, guys! They make me happy! Now, this is the order I will go in for the story now:

Epilogue will be first. ONCE I enter this chapter, I will put a "COMPLETE" on here, because the story is actually complete. BUT! You can look for the

Extra Chapter, which will be entered AFTER the epilogue, because it was never part of the story. Just want to make things clear right now XD

Thank you again for the reviews and alerts and all that fun stuff! (In the extra chapter, EVERYONE will be recognized and appreciated!) Keep reviewing, send lots of love for this chapter, and until next time!

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